abdominal scan
Torso interior picture
An abdominal scan is a medical imaging procedure that produces pictures of organs and structures in the abdomen—liver, kidneys, pancreas, spleen, intestines.
Common types include ultrasound, CT scan, and MRI.
Doctors order abdominal scans to diagnose pain, detect tumors, or monitor disease: The abdominal scan revealed gallstones.
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- CTTomographic imaging method
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- medical imagingCreating pictures inside bodies
- imagingProducing visual representations
diagnostic test · belly · belly button · soft tissue · organs · liver · kidneys · radiologist · gel · probe · diagnosis · tumor · screening · internal · pelvis · bladder · gallbladder · pancreas
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